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Battle of Mollwitz

Battle of Mollwitz was a battle fought on 10 April 1741 at Małujowice, in what is now Poland. It was part of the War of the Austrian Succession, which ran from 1740 to 1748. The recorded result: Prussian victory. Recorded strength: 21,600; 58 guns against 15,800–19,000; 19 guns.

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Battle of Mollwitz
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Fought10 April 1741
WhereMałujowice, Poland50.850N, 17.410E
OutcomePrussian victory
BelligerentsPrussiaagainstAustria
Casualties and losses4,850 dead, wounded or missing/prisonersand4,550 dead, wounded or missing/prisoners
Part ofWar of the Austrian Succession1740 to 1748

Where it sits in the War of the Austrian Succession

Battle of Mollwitz, 1741Siege of Brieg, 1741Siege of Prague, 1742Siege of Brno, 1742Battle of Chotusitz, 1742Battle of Sahay, 1742Action of 14 June 1742, 1742Siege of Mirandola, 1742Bombardment of Mataró and Palamós, 1742Battle of Campo Santo, 1743Battle of Dettingen, 1743Planned French Invasion of Britain, 1744Battle of Toulon, 1744Battle of Villafranca, 1744Battle of Velletri, 1744Battle of Casteldelfino, 1744Siege of Prague, 1744Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, 1744Siege of Valenza, 1745Battle of Pfaffenhofen, 1745Siege of Tournai, 1745Battle of Fontenoy, 1745Siege of Louisbourg, 1745Battle of Anguilla, 1745Fall of Ghent, 1745Battle of Melle, 1745Siege of Ath, 1745Battle of Bassignano, 1745Battle of Soor, 1745Battle of Hennersdorf, 1745Siege of Brussels, 1746Siege of Genoa, 1746Battle of Piacenza, 1746Action of 6 July 1746, 1746Siege of Namur, 1746Battle of Madras, 1746Raid on Lorient, 1746Battle of Rocoux, 1746Battle of Adyar, 1746Siege of Antibes, 1746Siege of Genoa, 1747First Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1747Siege of Bergen op Zoom, 1747Battle of Lauffeld, 1747Battle of Assietta, 1747Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, 1747Battle of Saint-Louis-du-Sud, 1748Siege of Maastricht, 1748Siege of Cuddalore, 174817411748Battle of Mollwitz, 1741
49 placed engagements of the War of the Austrian Succession in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date10 April 1741
PlaceMałujowice, Poland
50.850N, 17.410E
KindBattle, early modern
Strength21,600; 58 guns15,800–19,000; 19 guns
Casualties and losses4,850 dead, wounded or missing/prisoners4,550 dead, wounded or missing/prisoners
Commanders
  • Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg
Battle of MollwitzBattle of MollwitzSiege of BriegSiege of BreslauBattle of BreslauSiege of BreslauBattle of OpoleSiege of BreslauBattle of BreslauBattle of OpoleKrakówŁódźKatowiceGliwiceOstravaZielona GóraPardubiceBytom100 km50.850N, 17.410E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Mollwitz
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 10 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Mollwitz today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2025-08-12. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025.

The recorded site stands at about 151 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 127 to 189 m, 63 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 57% cropland, 18% tree cover, 16% grassland.

cropland: 57%tree cover: 18%grassland: 16%built-up: 7%cropland 57%tree cover 18%grassland 16%built-up 7%
west to east, 10.0 km141 to 168 mnorth to south, 10.0 km138 to 163 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

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Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: AUS ARMYDefender: PR ARMY
Strength18,10022,000
Casualties4,551 (25.1%)4,850 (22.0%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1047
Outcomedefender won
Duration1 day
Front width2.7 km4.3 km
Attacker advanced0 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 55), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Battle of Mollwitz is one of 2,126 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 502 in present-day Poland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q663435, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Mollwitz, revision 1378115120, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.